EP1619363B1 - Oil pan for internal combustion engine - Google Patents
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
- F01M—LUBRICATING OF MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; LUBRICATING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; CRANKCASE VENTILATING
- F01M11/00—Component parts, details or accessories, not provided for in, or of interest apart from, groups F01M1/00 - F01M9/00
- F01M11/0004—Oilsumps
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
- F01M—LUBRICATING OF MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; LUBRICATING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; CRANKCASE VENTILATING
- F01M11/00—Component parts, details or accessories, not provided for in, or of interest apart from, groups F01M1/00 - F01M9/00
- F01M11/0004—Oilsumps
- F01M2011/007—Oil pickup tube to oil pump, e.g. strainer
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16N—LUBRICATING
- F16N39/00—Arrangements for conditioning of lubricants in the lubricating system
- F16N39/06—Arrangements for conditioning of lubricants in the lubricating system by filtration
- F16N2039/065—Arrangements for conditioning of lubricants in the lubricating system by filtration inlet foot filter
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- the present invention relates to an oil pan for internal combustion engine.
- an oil pan including a baffle plate having a guide face inclined downward from its central portion toward its peripheral portion and a plurality of oil discharge holes formed in the outer peripheral portion of this guide face intermittently at positions in contact with the inner peripheral face of the oil pan, this baffle plate being located above an oil sump formed by deep-drawing the bottom portion of the oil pan main body for collecting oil, has been proposed conventionally.
- DE 2034203 discloses a device for regulating the oil temperature of an internal combustion engine.
- JP 03 037211 discloses an oil pan for an internal combustion engine.
- EP 1 361 345 discloses an oil pan for an internal combustion engine that is capable of decreasing the number of parts, weight and cost, and capable of minimizing the axial length of the crankshaft.
- a vertical wall is formed integrally at the open end vertically crossed to the central axis of the crankshaft, and this vertical wall is provided with an oil pump.
- the baffle plate attached to the bottom end of the cylinder block or above the oil pan has a function of a structural component which suppresses vibration and the like generated in the opening direction of the cylinder block.
- the baffle plate is attached above the oil pan main body as a separate member and it is formed only partially above the oil pan, it cannot be said that it exerts the function for suppressing vibration sufficiently.
- an oil pan for internal combustion engine comprising an upper portion to be attached to the bottom portion of a cylinder block directly or through an adaptor plate and a lower portion provided on the bottom of the upper portion, in which a baffle plate is formed integrally downward of the upper portion and an oil supplying means for supplying sucked oil to respective portions of the internal combustion engine is provided, wherein the upper portion is constituted of side walls connecting the cylinder block with the lower portion and the baffle plate, the side walls comprising a left side wall, a right side wall, a front side wall and a rear side wall, the baffle plate is comprised of a sucking portion equipped with the oil supplying means provided substantially in the center of the baffle plate and an inclined portion which is inclined downward toward the left side wall, the right side wall, the front side wall and the rear side wall, with the sucking portion as its vertex, and communicating opening portions are formed in an outer peripheral portion of
- a plurality of tightening holes for fastening the oil pan to a cylinder block with tightening means are provided in the top portion of the side wall of the upper portion, the tightening holes are located between respective cylinders along the arrangement direction of the cylinders formed in the cylinder block, longitudinal ribs are formed vertically at positions corresponding to the positions of the tightening holes on the inner side of the side wall while the longitudinal ribs are inclined from the top end of the side wall to said baffle plate.
- the communicating opening portions are provided between the longitudinal ribs in the arrangement direction of the cylinders and on both ends in a direction perpendicular to the arrangement direction of the cylinders.
- an oil passage for introducing oil sucked by a sucking portion of the baffle plate into the oil supplying means is formed integrally in the bottom of the upper portion.
- the oil pan for the internal combustion engine of the present invention comprises the upper portion and the lower portion provided on the bottom of the upper portion and the baffle plate is formed integrally on the bottom of the upper portion and an oil supplying means is provided.
- the upper portion is comprised of side walls connecting a cylinder block with the lower portion and the baffle plate.
- the baffle plate is comprised of a sucking portion in the oil supplying means provided substantially in the center and the inclined portion which is inclined downward toward the side walls with the sucking portion as its vertex.
- the communicating opening portions for communicating the cylinder block with the lower portion are formed near the side walls of the inclined portion.
- the baffle plate is formed integrally with the bottom of the upper portion, as compared with a case where the baffle plate is provided with a separate member, higher stiffness can be secured so that vibration and radiating sound can be suppressed more easily, thereby the quantity of components being reduced and the weight of the internal combustion engine being reduced.
- the top portion of the side wall of the upper portion includes a plurality of tightening holes for fastening the oil pan to the cylinder block with tightening means.
- the tightening holes are provided so as to be located between respective cylinders in the arrangement direction of the cylinders formed in a cylinder block and the longitudinal ribs are formed vertically on the inner side of the side walls at positions corresponding to the positions of the tightening holes.
- the longitudinal ribs are formed in such a shape in which it is inclined from the top end of the side wall to the baffle plate. Consequently, the longitudinal ribs connect the side walls with the baffle plate thereby intensifying the stiffness of the baffle plate.
- the communicating opening portions are provided between the respective longitudinal ribs in the arrangement direction of the cylinders and on both ends in the direction at right angle to the arrangement direction of the cylinders, oil dropping onto the baffle plate can be introduced from the right/left sides and front/rear sides of the outer periphery of the baffle plate to the lower portion located downward quickly under a guide of the longitudinal ribs, and consequently, heat of hot oil is discharged to the atmosphere through the side face and bottom face of the lower portion so that oil is cooled excellently.
- the oil passage for introducing oil sucked through the sucking portion of the baffle plate to the oil supplying means is formed integrally on the bottom of the upper portion, oil can be supplied excellently to the oil supplying means through the oil passage and further, because the oil passage is formed integrally, the stiffness of the baffle plate is improved thereby the vibration suppressing effect of the internal combustion engine being improved.
- FIG. 1 is a front longitudinal sectional view of an oil pan of an internal combustion engine.
- FIG. 2 is a side longitudinal sectional view thereof and
- FIG. 3 is a plan view.
- an oil pan 1 comprises an upper oil pan (upper portion) 2 and a lower oil pan (lower portion) 3 which is joined to the bottom portion of this upper oil pan 2 through bolts 4.
- the upper oil pan 2 is used as a crank case at the same time and a cylinder block is coupled with the top portion of this upper oil pan 2 through bolts.
- the upper oil pan 2 is surrounded by a left side wall 2a, a right side wall 2b, a front side wall 2c and a rear side wall 2d and a flange portion 2e is formed integrally on the outer periphery of the top end thereof.
- Plural tightening holes 8, 8, 8 are formed at an interval in this flange portion 2e such that they go through and by inserting a bolt in each tightening hole 8, the flange portion 2e can be coupled with a cylinder block (not shown) located above.
- a baffle plate 5 is formed integrally on a bottom face of this upper oil pan 2 and a suction portion 5b equipped with an oil strainer 7 is provided substantially in the center of the baffle plate 5.
- An inclined portion 5c is formed with this suction portion 5b as its vertex so that it is inclined downward toward the left side wall 2a and the right side wall 2b. Further, the inclined portion 5c is formed such that it is inclined downward toward the front side wall 2c and the rear side wall 2d also and a plurality of oil discharge holes (communicating opening portion) 5a, 5a, 5a are formed in the outer peripheral portion of the inclined portion 5c such that they go through vertically. Consequently, oil dropping on the baffle plate 5 from above can be returned to the oil pan 3 located below through these pluralities of communicating opening portions 5a, 5a, 5a.
- the lower oil pan 3 is formed in the shape of a bottomed cup so that oil can be deposited inside.
- the oil strainer 7 attached to the suction portion 5b is disposed such that it droops so as to be dipped into deposited oil.
- a filter 7a is provided in the oil strainer 7.
- An oil passage 6a is integrally formed in the top face of the baffle plate 5 from the suction portion 5b to the right side wall 2b of the upper oil pan and an oil passage 6b is formed inside the right side wall 2b of the upper oil pan so as to communicate with this oil passage 6a and oil sucked by the oil strainer 7 can be supplied to an oil pump (oil feeding means, not shown) through the oil passages 6a, 6b.
- a plurality of longitudinal ribs 9, 9, 9 are formed integrally so that they oppose on the inner sides of the left side wall 2a and the right side wall 2b of the upper oil pan 2 and in each longitudinal rib 9, as shown in FIG. 1 , the width of its top end side of the upper oil pan is small while the width thereof on the side of the baffle plate 5 is large.
- the plurality of longitudinal ribs 9, 9, 9 are formed at the positions of the tightening holes 8, 8, 8 described previously and the longitudinal ribs 9, 9 and the tightening holes 8, 8 are formed so that they are located between respective cylinders 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d at an interval along the arrangement direction of the four cylinders 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d indicated with a phantom line in FIG. 3 and each longitudinal rib 9 is projected inside the upper oil pan 2 so that it intersects the direction of the cylinder row at right angle.
- the plurality of communicating opening portions 5a, 5a, 5a formed in the outer periphery of the baffle plate 5 are disposed between the respective longitudinal ribs 9 and 9 formed integrally with the left side wall 2a and the right side wall 2b along the arrangement direction of the cylinders 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d and the communicating opening portions 5a, 5a, 5a are disposed in the back and forth direction also at right angle to the arrangement direction of the cylinders.
- the stiffness of the upper oil pan 2 is intensified.
- the plurality of longitudinal ribs 9, 9 are formed integrally on the inner side of the upper oil pan and the bottom end of each longitudinal rib 9 is connected to the baffle plate 5, the stiffness of the upper oil pan 2 is further intensified by the plurality of longitudinal ribs 9, 9. Consequently, vibration and radiating sound can be suppressed excellently and further, because they are formed integrally, the entire weight can be reduced.
- Hot oil dropping on the baffle plate 5 from above is introduced by the communicating opening portions 5a, 5a formed on the outer peripheral side and then returned quickly into the lower oil pan 3 through the plurality of communicating opening portions 5a, 5a. Because the returned oil flows on the side wall and the bottom face of the lower oil pan 3, heat is discharged to the atmosphere when it flows down so that oil is cooled excellently and excellently cooled oil is sucked into the oil strainer 7 thereby blocking reduction of lubricating performance and deterioration of oil.
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- The present invention relates to an oil pan for internal combustion engine.
- As an oil pan provided on the bottom portion of an internal combustion engine, an oil pan including a baffle plate having a guide face inclined downward from its central portion toward its peripheral portion and a plurality of oil discharge holes formed in the outer peripheral portion of this guide face intermittently at positions in contact with the inner peripheral face of the oil pan, this baffle plate being located above an oil sump formed by deep-drawing the bottom portion of the oil pan main body for collecting oil, has been proposed conventionally.
- In the oil pan having the baffle plate as disclosed in
conventional patent document 1, returned oil which after lubricating sliding faces of an internal combustion engine, that is, sliding faces of a cylinder and piston and bearing portions of a crank shaft and the like, floats in space of a crank case and drops down is received by a baffle plate and returned to an oil sump through the guide face, oil discharge holes and then the internal peripheral face of an oil pan main body in this order. Thus, an impact generated when the returned oil drops to oil in the oil sump is small thereby preventing bubbles from being generated in oil of the oil sump.
Patent document 1:Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No.HEI3-52312 -
DE 2034203 discloses a device for regulating the oil temperature of an internal combustion engine.JP 03 037211 EP 1 361 345 - Generally, the baffle plate attached to the bottom end of the cylinder block or above the oil pan has a function of a structural component which suppresses vibration and the like generated in the opening direction of the cylinder block. However, because in the aforementioned conventional oil pan, the baffle plate is attached above the oil pan main body as a separate member and it is formed only partially above the oil pan, it cannot be said that it exerts the function for suppressing vibration sufficiently.
- The present invention has been accomplished to improve the vibration suppressing effect of the internal combustion engine. According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an oil pan for internal combustion engine comprising an upper portion to be attached to the bottom portion of a cylinder block directly or through an adaptor plate and a lower portion provided on the bottom of the upper portion, in which a baffle plate is formed integrally downward of the upper portion and an oil supplying means for supplying sucked oil to respective portions of the internal combustion engine is provided, wherein the upper portion is constituted of side walls connecting the cylinder block with the lower portion and the baffle plate, the side walls comprising a left side wall, a right side wall, a front side wall and a rear side wall, the baffle plate is comprised of a sucking portion equipped with the oil supplying means provided substantially in the center of the baffle plate and an inclined portion which is inclined downward toward the left side wall, the right side wall, the front side wall and the rear side wall, with the sucking portion as its vertex, and communicating opening portions are formed in an outer peripheral portion of the inclined portion and near said walls to communicate the cylinder block with the lower portion.
- According to a second aspect of the present invention, preferably, a plurality of tightening holes for fastening the oil pan to a cylinder block with tightening means are provided in the top portion of the side wall of the upper portion, the tightening holes are located between respective cylinders along the arrangement direction of the cylinders formed in the cylinder block, longitudinal ribs are formed vertically at positions corresponding to the positions of the tightening holes on the inner side of the side wall while the longitudinal ribs are inclined from the top end of the side wall to said baffle plate.
- According to a third aspect of the present invention, preferably, the communicating opening portions are provided between the longitudinal ribs in the arrangement direction of the cylinders and on both ends in a direction perpendicular to the arrangement direction of the cylinders.
- According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, preferably, an oil passage for introducing oil sucked by a sucking portion of the baffle plate into the oil supplying means is formed integrally in the bottom of the upper portion.
- The oil pan for the internal combustion engine of the present invention comprises the upper portion and the lower portion provided on the bottom of the upper portion and the baffle plate is formed integrally on the bottom of the upper portion and an oil supplying means is provided. The upper portion is comprised of side walls connecting a cylinder block with the lower portion and the baffle plate. The baffle plate is comprised of a sucking portion in the oil supplying means provided substantially in the center and the inclined portion which is inclined downward toward the side walls with the sucking portion as its vertex. The communicating opening portions for communicating the cylinder block with the lower portion are formed near the side walls of the inclined portion. Thus, because the baffle plate is formed integrally with the bottom of the upper portion, as compared with a case where the baffle plate is provided with a separate member, higher stiffness can be secured so that vibration and radiating sound can be suppressed more easily, thereby the quantity of components being reduced and the weight of the internal combustion engine being reduced.
- The top portion of the side wall of the upper portion includes a plurality of tightening holes for fastening the oil pan to the cylinder block with tightening means. The tightening holes are provided so as to be located between respective cylinders in the arrangement direction of the cylinders formed in a cylinder block and the longitudinal ribs are formed vertically on the inner side of the side walls at positions corresponding to the positions of the tightening holes. The longitudinal ribs are formed in such a shape in which it is inclined from the top end of the side wall to the baffle plate. Consequently, the longitudinal ribs connect the side walls with the baffle plate thereby intensifying the stiffness of the baffle plate.
- Because the communicating opening portions are provided between the respective longitudinal ribs in the arrangement direction of the cylinders and on both ends in the direction at right angle to the arrangement direction of the cylinders, oil dropping onto the baffle plate can be introduced from the right/left sides and front/rear sides of the outer periphery of the baffle plate to the lower portion located downward quickly under a guide of the longitudinal ribs, and consequently, heat of hot oil is discharged to the atmosphere through the side face and bottom face of the lower portion so that oil is cooled excellently.
- Because the oil passage for introducing oil sucked through the sucking portion of the baffle plate to the oil supplying means is formed integrally on the bottom of the upper portion, oil can be supplied excellently to the oil supplying means through the oil passage and further, because the oil passage is formed integrally, the stiffness of the baffle plate is improved thereby the vibration suppressing effect of the internal combustion engine being improved.
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FIG. 1 is a front longitudinal sectional view of an oil pan; -
FIG. 2 is a side longitudinal sectional view of the oil pan; and -
FIG. 3 is a plan view of the oil pan. - Hereinafter the preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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FIG. 1 is a front longitudinal sectional view of an oil pan of an internal combustion engine.FIG. 2 is a side longitudinal sectional view thereof andFIG. 3 is a plan view. - Referring to the same Figure, an
oil pan 1 comprises an upper oil pan (upper portion) 2 and a lower oil pan (lower portion) 3 which is joined to the bottom portion of thisupper oil pan 2 throughbolts 4. - The
upper oil pan 2 is used as a crank case at the same time and a cylinder block is coupled with the top portion of thisupper oil pan 2 through bolts. - The
upper oil pan 2 is surrounded by aleft side wall 2a, aright side wall 2b, afront side wall 2c and arear side wall 2d and aflange portion 2e is formed integrally on the outer periphery of the top end thereof.Plural tightening holes flange portion 2e such that they go through and by inserting a bolt in each tighteninghole 8, theflange portion 2e can be coupled with a cylinder block (not shown) located above. - A
baffle plate 5 is formed integrally on a bottom face of thisupper oil pan 2 and asuction portion 5b equipped with anoil strainer 7 is provided substantially in the center of thebaffle plate 5. Aninclined portion 5c is formed with thissuction portion 5b as its vertex so that it is inclined downward toward theleft side wall 2a and theright side wall 2b. Further, theinclined portion 5c is formed such that it is inclined downward toward thefront side wall 2c and therear side wall 2d also and a plurality of oil discharge holes (communicating opening portion) 5a, 5a, 5a are formed in the outer peripheral portion of theinclined portion 5c such that they go through vertically. Consequently, oil dropping on thebaffle plate 5 from above can be returned to theoil pan 3 located below through these pluralities of communicatingopening portions - The
lower oil pan 3 is formed in the shape of a bottomed cup so that oil can be deposited inside. Theoil strainer 7 attached to thesuction portion 5b is disposed such that it droops so as to be dipped into deposited oil. In the meantime, afilter 7a is provided in theoil strainer 7. - An
oil passage 6a is integrally formed in the top face of thebaffle plate 5 from thesuction portion 5b to theright side wall 2b of the upper oil pan and anoil passage 6b is formed inside theright side wall 2b of the upper oil pan so as to communicate with thisoil passage 6a and oil sucked by theoil strainer 7 can be supplied to an oil pump (oil feeding means, not shown) through theoil passages - According to this embodiment, a plurality of
longitudinal ribs left side wall 2a and theright side wall 2b of theupper oil pan 2 and in eachlongitudinal rib 9, as shown inFIG. 1 , the width of its top end side of the upper oil pan is small while the width thereof on the side of thebaffle plate 5 is large. - In the meantime, the plurality of
longitudinal ribs holes longitudinal ribs holes respective cylinders cylinders FIG. 3 and eachlongitudinal rib 9 is projected inside theupper oil pan 2 so that it intersects the direction of the cylinder row at right angle. - The plurality of communicating
opening portions baffle plate 5 are disposed between the respectivelongitudinal ribs left side wall 2a and theright side wall 2b along the arrangement direction of thecylinders opening portions - According to the above-described structure, because the
baffle plate 5 is formed integrally on the bottom portion of theupper oil pan 2, the stiffness of theupper oil pan 2 is intensified. Further, because the plurality oflongitudinal ribs longitudinal rib 9 is connected to thebaffle plate 5, the stiffness of theupper oil pan 2 is further intensified by the plurality oflongitudinal ribs - Hot oil dropping on the
baffle plate 5 from above is introduced by the communicatingopening portions lower oil pan 3 through the plurality of communicatingopening portions lower oil pan 3, heat is discharged to the atmosphere when it flows down so that oil is cooled excellently and excellently cooled oil is sucked into theoil strainer 7 thereby blocking reduction of lubricating performance and deterioration of oil. - Further, because the plurality of
longitudinal ribs opening portions longitudinal ribs
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- An oil pan for internal combustion engine comprising an upper portion (2) to be attached to the bottom portion of a cylinder block directly or through an adaptor plate and a lower portion (3) provided on the bottom of the upper portion (2), in which a baffle plate (5) is formed integrally downward of said upper portion (2) and an oil supplying means for supplying sucked oil to respective portions of the internal combustion engine is provided, wherein said upper portion (2) is constituted of side walls (2a, 2b, 2c, 2d) connecting said cylinder block with said lower portion (3) and said baffle plate (5), said side walls (2a, 2b, 2c, 2d) comprising a left side wall (2a), a right side wall (2b), a front side wall (2c) and a rear side wall (2d), the baffle plate (5) is comprised of a sucking portion (5b) equipped with said oil supplying means provided substantially in the center of the baffle plate (5) and an inclined portion (5c) which is inclined downward toward said left side wall (2a), said right side wall (2b), said front side wall (2c) and said rear side wall (2d) with said sucking portion (5b) as its vertex, and communicating opening portions (5a) are formed in an outer peripheral portion of the inclined portion (5c) and near said walls (2a, 2b, 2c, 2d) to communicate said cylinder block with said lower portion (3).
- The oil pan for internal combustion engine according to claim 1 wherein a plurality of tightening holes (8) for fastening the oil pan (1) to a cylinder block with tightening means are provided in the top portion of the side wall (2a, 2b, 2c, 2d) of said upper portion (2), the tightening holes (8) are located between respective cylinders (10a, 10b, 10c, 10d) along the arrangement direction of the cylinders (10a, 10b, 10c, 10d) formed in the cylinder block, longitudinal ribs (9) are formed vertically at positions corresponding to the positions of the tightening holes (8) on the inner side of said side wall (2a, 2b, 2c, 2d) while the longitudinal ribs (9) are inclined from the top end of said side wall (2a, 2b, 2c, 2d) to said baffle plate (5).
- The oil pan for internal combustion engine according to claim 2, wherein the longitudinal ribs (9) are projected inside the upper oil pan (2) so that they intersect the direction of the cylinder row at right angle.
- The oil pan for internal combustion engine according to claims 2 or 3 wherein said communicating opening portions (5a) are provided between said longitudinal ribs (9) in the arrangement direction of the cylinders (10a, 10b, 10c, 10d) and on both ends in a direction perpendicular to the arrangement direction of the cylinders (10a, 10b, 10c, 10d).
- The oil pan for internal combustion engine according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein an oil passage (6a, 6b) for introducing oil sucked by a sucking portion (5b) of said baffle plate (5) into said oil supplying means is formed integrally in the bottom of the upper portion (2).
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